religion

We all knew who they were. There was Bill in my neighborhood. There was Ron in my Jr. High classes. There was Nick who drove my school bus. There was Janet in my elementary school classes. We knew they refused to pray the Lord’s Prayer. More obvious was their refusal to stand and pledge allegiance […]

Now it is almost inconceivable to imagine how, for all of my elementary school years, we would spend a chunk of every Wednesday morning. Students who had their parents’ permission would dress for the weather, leave school, and march two-by-two a half mile up the hill to the Nixon United Methodist Church. There we would […]